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1.8K► ReportsTransforming Juvenile Probation – A Vision for Getting it Right
The Annie E. Casey Foundation produced this report presenting the case for reforming juvenile probation to be a more effective, fair and...
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2.8KOpinionMentoring Programs Need to Experiment With What Works Best for Foster Youth
If you work with youth in foster care, you know that every child is unique with specific needs, strengths and opportunities. It...
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2.4K► NewsmakersNina Stack will be the Next Executive Director of the Champlin Foundation
Nina Stack will be the next executive director of the Champlin Foundation. The current president of the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers...
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1.2KOpinionFinding the Right Volunteers Through Targeted Recruitment
Volunteer coordinators are often told to develop an elevator speech to use in their efforts to recruit volunteers. An elevator speech is...
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3.1KFrom the BureausLos Angeles Charity Drive Supports Youth Housing
Charities from across Los Angeles County came together on April 15 to donate home goods to underprivileged youth. Led by the Los...
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2.7K► ReportsA Seat at the Table: African American Youth’s Perception of K-12 Education
The United Negro College Fund used data from a national survey of 1,700 low-income minority youth to craft this report explaining these...
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3.1KNewsHorizons Works, Plays With Low-income Kids to Close Summer Opportunity Gap
Children ran and played on a green lawn just outside the glass walls of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School in Atlanta recently, as...
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5.0K► NewsmakersShawn Escoffery is the New Executive Director of the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation
The Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation (RPDFF) has named Shawn Escoffery as its new executive director. He joins RPDFF from the...
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2.3KOpinionApplying Escalation Model to School Shootings Can Keep Everyone Safer
The tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018 reawakened our national terror of school shootings and renewed...
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2.7KNewsBryan Stevenson’s Message to Youth Workers: Change Narrative for Kids
At the end of April, Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Institute opened a striking museum and a memorial to 4,400 victims of lynching...
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2.6KOpinionMentoring Graduation Coaches Needed for Mass. Students
Massachusetts is considered a leader in education in the country, with the highest standardized test scores and some of the best public...
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3.9KFrom the BureausAs Colleges Polarize Politically, Extremists Are Getting Younger
Colleges are becoming ideological battlegrounds. A national survey of freshman students found the incoming 2016 class was the most politically extreme in...
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6.2KOpinionThe Department of Child and Family Services Mostly Failed Me, But Still I Persist
I was in the Department of Child and Family Services foster care system for nine years of my life. It was my...
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2.0K► ReportsNew Zealand’s Youth Justice Transformation: Lessons for the U.S.
The National Juvenile Justice Network takes a look at the successes of New Zealand's juvenile justice system and discusses how the United...
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2.1KNewsTraining, Connections, Better Benefits: What Young Staffers in Youth Organizations Want
Youth-serving organizations are often staffed by young adults whose outlook and circumstances are different from that of their older colleagues. Sometimes young...
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3.9K► NewsmakersCarrie Johnson is the Recipient of the National Juvenile Defender Center’s Inaugural Norman Dorsen Award
The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) has announced that Carrie Johnson will be recognized with the inaugural Norman Dorsen Award in recognition...
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3.1KFrom the BureausBrooklyn Students Use ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ to Explore Solutions to Gun Violence
It’s early evening on a warm Tuesday in March, and a handful of teenagers are commanding rapt attention in a corner of...
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3.2KNewsHow to Recruit, Retain Kids for Voluntary Summer Learning
Leaders of summer learning programs who are now reaching out to enroll kids often have to deal with a high no-show rate.
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2.2KOpinionYouth Leaders Need Extra Thought, Sensitivity to Help the Young Enjoy Outdoors
The next generation is responsible for protecting an environment that they may not know how to connect with. As someone who sees...
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2.3KGrantsMinority Youth and Community Support Grants
Subject: Disadvantaged Youth, Minority Youth, Race/Ethnicity, Community Development, Youth Violence, Safety, Youth Welfare | Deadline: May 24, 2018 | Amount: $25,000 - $500,000
